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New MK Movie To Double as Theme Park

Posted by Zonk on from the quite-possibly-the-worst-idea-ever dept.

The Inquirer is reporting that a new Mortal Kombat movie is in the works. Not only that, the production company plans to keep the sets up and running after the film is done, using them like a kind of theme park. From the article: "I believe there's an extraordinary opportunity to build a state-of-the-art production studio-slash-Hollywood theme park and training facility right in the middle of town. There would be actual movies being made there, and an observation platform to watch."

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  1. 10 Commandments by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 2, Informative

    This would be the polar opposite of what happened to the Ten Commandments set which Cecil B. DeMille had intentionally buried- so no one else could use them.

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  2. A Platform, oh boy by IronTek · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can see it now:

    Director: "Action!"

    Sly Stallone: (unintelligible)

    Some kid from the observation deck: "Hey, it's Rocky!"

    Director: "Cut! Dammit! That's the 8th time today!"

    oh yeah...I'm sure it will be a really popular place to film movies.

  3. Cinematic masterpiece by dwbassett42 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Considering how much worse the 2nd movie and then the series were from the 1st, and then admitting that the orinignal movie was pretty crappy to start with, I don't even want to know what this next movie is going to end up as.

    1. Re:Cinematic masterpiece by Stormwatch · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The original MK movie was pretty good actually, as it was well-written (especially if compared to that Street Fighter travesty), the visuals were right on, and the soundtrack was excellent.

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  4. Originals by trans_err · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're redoing the Mortal Kombat movie(s)?!

    <sarcasm>
    Why, Was there something wrong with the originals?
    </sarcasm>

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    1. Re:Originals by Triple+Click · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Yes, they sucked.

  5. various cast members by cgenman · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the meantime various cast members from the previous Kombat films are negotiating contracts to return in the third installment.

    Kooke: "Pleeeeeease?"

    Casting Agent: "No!"

    Kooke: "But I played Scorpion and Mr. Freeze!"

    Casting Agent: "Sub-Zero. And that was somebody else - you were Reptile"

    Kooke: "I wasn't that bad."

    Casting Agent: "What do you think Lambert?"

    Lambert: "I've been alive for four and a half centuries, and I've never seen an actor as bad as you. Except maybe that Sonya girl. Or the guy who played Johnny Cage. Oh, and that guy who played Ted from Bill and Ted."

    Kooke: "Acting advice from Mr. Beowolf"

    Lambert: "Hey! I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan. I needed the money."

    Kooke: "You need to stop hanging out with Adam West and start taking your pills."

    Lambert: "Your acting is stale and inhuman. You looked dead on the screen."

    Kooke: "Hello? Undead lizard with Paul Anderson directing?"

    Casting Agent: "...Good point. Welcome to the cast."

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  6. This really about sums it up. by Moby+Cock · · Score: 3, Funny

    from the quite-possibly-the-worst-idea-ever dept.

    Yep. Let's move on.